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Vidyo at CERNSwisscom – CERN meeting – 9th April 2013
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Universal Videoconference with Vidyo
• Videoconference at CERN• Vidyo@CERN: scale and infrastructure• Service Access• Service Support• Integrations• QA processes• Future plans
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Videoconference at CERN• H323 rooms since early 00’s
• Now ~70 equipped rooms
• H323 MCU services• Collaboration with French CNRS on MCU
service• Own service since 2007 (based on Codian
MSE8000)
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Videoconference at CERN• EVO since the late 90s• Built on the requirements of HEP communities• Tender needed in 2008 following EVO’s change of
business model• Setup of a committee with representatives of major user
communities• Establishing requirements• Informal market survey• Only two products could cope with specs• Pilot for 6 months
• Selection of Vidyo• 1st January 2013: end of EVO support at CERN
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Vidyo at CERN• Since December 2011• Universal videoconference system
• From Vidyo clients (connection through Vidyo routers)• Desktops (Windows, MacOSX, selected linux flavors)• Mobile devices (iOS and Android)
• From 3rd-party clients (through Vidyo gateways)• Rooms (CERN VC rooms) to the H323/SIP protocols• Phones
• Strong points• Extensible (several hundreds in a single meeting)• Very small latency (natural interactions)• Good A/V quality and resilience/adaptability to poor network conditions• Simple interface• Good integration possibilities
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CERN Vidyo Service Scale
• ~20000 users• 800-1600 simultaneous connections• 21-168 simultaneous H323 (rooms)• 12 simultaneous recordings
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Vidyo Eligible Users• Anyone with a valid CERN account
• Register at https://account.cern.ch/account/ “Services” link
• can participate in meetings• create virtual rooms• invite other users• moderate meetings
• Non-CERN users • can participate as guests
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CERN Vidyo Worldwide Service Topology
Portals
Routers
Gateways
Router
Proxy
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Vidyo: Usage Evolution
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Vidyo: Usage Evolution
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Usage Evolution• Current peaks
• max Simultaneous connections: ~750• max number of people in one meeting: 252• max phone usage: 100k minutes in 1 month• more than 3200 meetings per month• more than 5000 distinct users and 3000 Guests
per month• more than 18000 clients have been installed
(mobile and desktop)
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Indico Service
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Indico Service
• THE CERN hub for event management• Meeting and conference
organisation (schedule, document management, registration, e-payment, etc.)
• Central repository and long-term archive of event-related documents
• Physical room bookings• Collaboration services
bookings• Chat interface
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Indico – Events Management
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Access From Desktops• Indico Vidyo portal
• Participants
• Managers
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Access from CERN Meeting Rooms
Room VC equipment
ThisPC
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Access from non-CERN meeting rooms
IVR: dial gateway IPCERN or Internet2
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Access from Phones• Dial one of
• Geneva (CH): +41225330322• CERN (CH): 71400 or +41227671400• Tool free number (US): +18665777460• London (UK): +442030510622• Madrid (SP) +34911233708• Tokyo (JP) +81345790501• Nikhef (NL): +31207165248• Desy (DE) +494089981350• Cesnet (CZ) +420950072376
• Enter the meeting extension and «#»
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Service Support• 1st level:
• 2nd level:
• 3rd level:
CERN Service Desk
Onsite specialised technicians
VidyoEngineers
CERNEngineers
Rooms, presence
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Service Support
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Service Support• Major disruptions
• Related to Vidyo bugs• Mostly on gateways: h323 disconnections• Linux clients
• Related to infra configuration• Badly set firewalls: regular disconnections• Reached maximum connections: saturated router pools
• Related to integration issues• Indico integration: users isolated in meeting «islands»• Status notification server
• 2.5h down time in March
• Related to peripheral services• Phone.com initial failures
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Service Support
• Users training• Internal CERN technical training
• Users information• How to best use VC in general• Best equipment
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Integrations• CERN users database
• Synchronisation script running every 30 mn• Using Vidyo web service APIs• Using LDAP link option on portal
• CERN Indico server• Direct call to Vidyo web service APIs
• CERN Vidyo dashboard• Direct SQL queries to CDR DB
• Infrastructure monitoring interface (in progress)• Added Nagios to all servers• Calls to the CDS DB
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• Weekly meetings with Vidyo• Keep sync with service changes• Discuss issues
• Beta tests of new features• Defined set of tests (~200) executed before
any upgrade• Portal• Client• Integration
• Staging environment
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QA Processes
• Staging
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QA Processes
• Beta tests
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QA Processes
VC/Vidyo use cases• Standard
• Work meetings• Point2point calls• Distance learning• Recruitment interviews
• Challenging• Remote Operation Centers• CERN Collaborations Meetings• Public outreach: Masterclasses
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Service Evolution• New client with integrated chat - Q2 2013• New phone access points in CERN
collaborating institutes - 2013• Skype gateway – Q2 2013• Linux consolidation – Q2 2013• Recording – Q3 2013• Webcasting• Infrastructure virtualisation• SSO?
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Vidyo Service at CERN• info:
• http://cern.ch/vidyo
• status page: • http://avc-dashboard.web.cern.ch/Vidyo
• contact:• [email protected]• [email protected]• [email protected]
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Thank you for your attention
Questions ?
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Backup Slides
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Indico Service• site
• http://indico.cern.ch
• info• http://
information-technology.web.cern.ch/services/fe/indico
• status page• http://avc-dashboard.web.cern.ch/Indico
• contact• [email protected]
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Vidyo: Company Profile• Based in Hackensack NJ, USA
• Founded 2005• 250+ employees• 60+ in R&D
• Industry traction• Based on multiple patents around h264 SVC• Several major OEMs: Google+ hangouts, HP,
Nintendo Wii U• 50+ worldwide service providers• 3000s customers
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Vidyo Client Main Features• Main features
• Up to 8 videos displayed – last speakers• Number and display format selectable• Self view
• Multiple screen and window sharing• List of participants• Firewall traversal
• Using Vidyo proxy
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